{"id":88936,"date":"2022-08-31T07:48:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T07:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?p=88936"},"modified":"2024-02-26T09:57:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T09:57:56","slug":"bgs-geoscour-bridging-the-river-erosion-data-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/bgs-geoscour-bridging-the-river-erosion-data-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"BGS GeoScour: bridging the river erosion data gap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>The geological properties of bedrock and superficial deposits that make up riverbeds and banks are fundamental controls on the susceptibility of any given river reach to scouring. Geological data is therefore a key input into any predictive models attempting to understand and resolve this issue, as well as being an invaluable resource for infrastructure risk and catchment health assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BGS GeoScour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a previous blog post we discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/river-erosion-the-forgotten-hazard-of-flooding\/\">the economic and societal impacts of river erosion geohazards in the UK<\/a> and identified significant gaps in available datasets for managing and modelling this hazard. In light of this, BGS has developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/datasets\/bgs-geoscour-premium\/\">GeoScour data product<\/a>. This is a national- to local-scale geological scour assessment based on the spatial variation in geological properties, allowing users to identify:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>river catchments with higher erosion activity due to landscape evolution and river sinuosity<\/li><li>subcatchments that have a higher risk of scour due to river morphology, underlying geological factors and catchment size<\/li><li>susceptibility to scour of specific sections of a given river\u2019s current profile<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/geograph-3868534-by-Albert-Bridge.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;When considering natural hazards in a riverine or catchment setting, it is often high-magnitude flood events that grab the headlines. In comparison, associated catchment hazards such as river scour are often overlooked, but these events can be no less costly in their societal and economic impacts. Pictured are revetment works, River Lagan in Belfast. Photo \u00a9\u00a0&lt;a title=&quot;View profile&quot; href=&quot;https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/profile\/5835&quot;&gt;Albert Bridge&lt;\/a&gt;\u00a0(&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/&quot;&gt;cc-by-sa\/2.0&lt;\/a&gt;)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_74524\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/geograph-3868534-by-Albert-Bridge-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"geograph-3868534-by-Albert-Bridge\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/geograph-3868534-by-Albert-Bridge.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>When considering natural hazards in a riverine or catchment setting, it is often high-magnitude flood events that grab the headlines. In comparison, associated catchment hazards such as river scour are often overlooked, but these events can be no less costly in their societal and economic impacts. Pictured are revetment works, River Lagan in Belfast. Photo \u00a9\u00a0<a title=\"View profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/profile\/5835\">Albert Bridge<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/\">cc-by-sa\/2.0<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/geograph-3868534-by-Albert-Bridge.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;When considering natural hazards in a riverine or catchment setting, it is often high-magnitude flood events that grab the headlines. In comparison, associated catchment hazards such as river scour are often overlooked, but these events can be no less costly in their societal and economic impacts. Pictured are revetment works, River Lagan in Belfast. Photo \u00a9\u00a0&lt;a title=&quot;View profile&quot; href=&quot;https:\/\/www.geograph.org.uk\/profile\/5835&quot;&gt;Albert Bridge&lt;\/a&gt;\u00a0(&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/&quot;&gt;cc-by-sa\/2.0&lt;\/a&gt;)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_74524\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>GeoScour is based on the outputs of numerous research programmes, data analytics and stakeholder advice. It provides data sufficient for users to analyse and assess a range of riverine risks at various scales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This suite of data is split into three tiers. These provide a consistent, nationwide scour assessment for Great Britain. Tier 1 and 2 datasets are freely accessible via the BGS GeoIndex and are aligned to the Water Framework Directive management catchments. Tier 3 contains licenced datasets created at a riverine scale using the latest OS Open Rivers watercourse data, which also subsequently feeds into the Tier 2 catchment-scale data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tier 1<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tier1.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;BGS GeoScour Tier 1 data is available at 1:625 000 scale. Contains OS data (C) Crown Copyright and database right 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_24095\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tier1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"BGS GeoScour Tier 1 data\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tier1-960x798.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>BGS GeoScour Tier 1 data is available at 1:625 000 scale. Contains OS data (C) Crown Copyright and database right 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tier1.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;BGS GeoScour Tier 1 data is available at 1:625 000 scale. Contains OS data (C) Crown Copyright and database right 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_24095\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Data provides a summary overview of the catchment characteristics, typical response type and evolution. It can be used to provide a high-level overview (1:625 000 scale) for incorporation into catchment management plans, national reviews and catchment comparisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tier 2<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tier2.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;BGS GeoScour Tier 2 data is available as smaller catchment areas at 1:250 000 scale. \u00a0Contains OS data (C) Crown Copyright and database right 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_29525\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tier2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"BGS GeoScour Tier 2 data\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tier2-960x798.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>BGS GeoScour Tier 2 data is available as smaller catchment areas at 1:250 000 scale. \u00a0Contains OS data (C) Crown Copyright and database right 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Tier2.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;BGS GeoScour Tier 2 data is available as smaller catchment areas at 1:250 000 scale. \u00a0Contains OS data (C) Crown Copyright and database right 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_29525\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Data is available as smaller catchment areas (1:250 000 scale) and focuses on providing more detailed catchment management, natural flood management and other broad-scale assessments. It analyses geological properties such as flood accommodation space and geomorphology type, as well as additional summary statistics for worst-, average- and best-case scenarios for underlying surface-scour susceptibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tier 3<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Surface_Geol_Susc_Worst_Conwy-1400x987.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;BGS GeoScour Tier 3 data showing reach, catchment and national information for Conwy. \u00a0Contains OS data \u00a9 Crown Copyright and database right 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_37043\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Surface_Geol_Susc_Worst_Conwy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Surface_Geol_Susc_Worst_Conwy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Surface_Geol_Susc_Worst_Conwy-960x677.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>BGS GeoScour Tier 3 data showing reach, catchment and national information for Conwy. \u00a0Contains OS data \u00a9 Crown Copyright and database right 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Surface_Geol_Susc_Worst_Conwy-1400x987.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;BGS GeoScour Tier 3 data showing reach, catchment and national information for Conwy. \u00a0Contains OS data \u00a9 Crown Copyright and database right 2022&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_37043\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Licenced data provides detailed riverine information (1:50 000 scale) that is designed to be incorporated into more complex river scour models. It provides the baseline geological context for river scour development and identifies important factors that should be considered in any scour model: characteristics such as material mineralogy, strength and density are key properties that can influence a river\u2019s ability to scour. An assessment of river fall, sinuosity and flood accommodation space is also provided. This data is of use to those assessing the propensity for river scour for any given reach of a river across Great Britain and can be used as an input into hydraulic or hydrodynamic models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geological susceptibility to river scour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is worth noting that the term \u2018scour\u2019 is commonly associated with bridge scour and has come to be an all-encompassing term covering various elements of scour action at hydraulic structures, as defined by the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) manual on scour at bridges (Kirkby et al., 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BGS GeoScour is solely concerned with providing a susceptibility to natural scour assessment<\/strong> based on the geological properties of the riverbed and bank material. It does not consider hydraulic factors such as flow contraction or velocities, nor turbulence generated by structures or the engineering properties of said structures. By providing an assessment of the geological susceptibility to river scour, GeoScour is a valuable addition to any infrastructure scour risk assessment and, in combination with hydraulic and engineering properties, it can contribute to a complete understanding of scour conditions from catchment scale down to individual site assessments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who is GeoScour for?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GeoScour is targeted at stakeholders concerned with catchment management, such as local authorities, river trusts and national park authorities. It can be applied to erosion hazard models as a key input and used in assessments by asset owners and managers, such as transport authorities, insurers, lenders and other infrastructure owners, to highlight threats to their infrastructure networks or asset portfolios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details on the potential applications of GeoScour data as well as an opportunity to interact with sample data for all three tiers, please read our <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/6493e8ec34e0444289b9f3151f4a9d34\">interactive case study<\/a> ESRI StoryMap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join our live webinar &#8211; 8 Sept 2022 <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Join our data products team for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/geoscour-dataset-launch-event\/\">live webinar on September 8<sup>th<\/sup><\/a> and discover more about our new data product to underpin river erosion hazard decision making.<\/p>\n\n\n            <div class=\"btn-wrap\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/geoscour-dataset-launch-event\/\"  class=\"button mx-0 primary-background   \">Register online<\/a>            <\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get in touch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out more about our GeoScour data product, including arranging sample datasets or learning more about licensing, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geological-data\/contact-the-digital-team\/\">contact our digital data team<\/a> (digitaldata@bgs.ac.uk)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous entries in this blog series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/6493e8ec34e0444289b9f3151f4a9d34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">River erosion case study<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/river-erosion-the-forgotten-hazard-of-flooding\/\">River erosion: the forgotten hazard of flooding<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Reference<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kirby, A, Roca, M, Kitchen, A, Escarameia, M, and Chesterton, O. 2015. Manual on Scour at Bridges and Other Hydraulic Structures. (London, UK: CIRIA.) ISBN: 0860177475.24 <\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<h2>About the author<\/h2>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cards cards-contact no-shape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rob-shaw-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rob Shaw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/rob-shaw.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Rob Shaw<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Geospatial data analyst<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>BGS Keyworth<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/shaw-rob\/\">Find out more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relatives\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Relative topics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/culver-down-p683813.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/how-bgs-is-helping-the-farming-sector-of-great-britain\/\">How BGS is helping the farming sector of Great Britain\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>17\/01\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>New legislation concerning soil management and technology in modern farming has led to an increase in enquiries about BGS\u2019s Soil Parent Material Model.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/how-bgs-is-helping-the-farming-sector-of-great-britain\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/moving-stones-faults-slopes-and-sediments\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/P1038346-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Codleteth Burn catchment with its outlet fan system and recent debris flow deposits near Talla Linfoots. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/P1038346-scaled-1-960x640.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/moving-stones-faults-slopes-and-sediments\/\">Moving stones: faults, slopes and sediments<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>12\/01\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fractured rock along faults affects sediment movement on slopes with implications for the design of infrastructure. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/moving-stones-faults-slopes-and-sediments\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/understanding-nutrients-in-tropical-rainforests\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/chris-bengt-p1038345-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chris Bengt, PhD Student, in Stable Isotope Lab, Keyworth. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/chris-bengt-p1038345.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/understanding-nutrients-in-tropical-rainforests\/\">Understanding nutrients in tropical rainforests\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>11\/01\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Christopher Bengt talks about carrying out research for his PhD amongst the rainforests and volcanoes of the Philippines. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/understanding-nutrients-in-tropical-rainforests\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/linking-geochemistry-and-health-in-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining-in-the-kakamega-vihiga-gold-belt-kenya\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gold-mining-activities-sluicing-p1038343-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Gold mining activities (milled ore washing and sluicing) and community drinking water downslope of ASGM activities. \u00a9\u00a0Maureene Auma Ondayo.\u00a0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/gold-mining-activities-sluicing-p1038343-960x645.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/linking-geochemistry-and-health-in-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining-in-the-kakamega-vihiga-gold-belt-kenya\/\">Linking geochemistry and health in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Kakamega-Vihiga gold belt, Kenya\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>09\/01\/2024<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>PhD candidate Maureene Auma Ondayo is investigating major and trace element exposure in the environment in Kenya, aiming to reduce exposure of humans to toxic chemicals. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/linking-geochemistry-and-health-in-artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining-in-the-kakamega-vihiga-gold-belt-kenya\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/geography-olympiad-bandung-indonesia\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1_Team_UK-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Team UK at the International Geography Olympiad. Source: Jo Bayham &amp; Jen Lomas\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1_Team_UK.jpg\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/geography-olympiad-bandung-indonesia\/\">The Geography Olympiad: Bandung, Indonesia<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>22\/12\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>School student Dion Thompson joined Team UK at this year\u2019s International Geology Olympiad in Indonesia. We hear from Dion\u2019s mentor Anna Hicks, before Dion reports on the Olympiad itself. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/geography-olympiad-bandung-indonesia\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/cmic-critical-minerals-research-review\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/P521533-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mineral specimen of linarite, Leadhills, Lanarkshire. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/P521533.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/cmic-critical-minerals-research-review\/\">CMIC: critical minerals research review<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>21\/12\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matthew Reeves of Innovate UK provides an overview of the Critical Minerals Strategy, which sets out how the UK will go about securing its supply of critical minerals. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/cmic-critical-minerals-research-review\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/my-role-as-a-stable-isotope-research-assistant-2\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3959-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Charlotte Hopkins working in the National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF). BGS \u00a9 UKRI.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_3959.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/my-role-as-a-stable-isotope-research-assistant-2\/\">My role as a stable isotope research assistant\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>19\/12\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charlotte Hipkiss has recently taken up a new position in the National Environmental Isotope Facility at BGS and gives us a little insight into her new position. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/my-role-as-a-stable-isotope-research-assistant-2\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"item cards  cards-find-more  bgs-blogs\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/groundwater-in-taiwan-under-a-changing-environment\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/thousand-island-lake-Taiwan-feature-150x150.webp\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thousand-Island Lake in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan. The lake provides the public water supply for Taiwan\u2019s capital city Taipei. \u00a9 John Bloomfield\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/thousand-island-lake-Taiwan-feature.webp\" \/>\t<\/a>\n\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t<div>BGS blogs<\/div>\n\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/groundwater-in-taiwan-under-a-changing-environment\/\">Groundwater in Taiwan under a changing environment<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t<p>15\/12\/2023<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BGS\u2019s groundwater team is part of a project to develop the first groundwater forecasts for Taiwan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/groundwater-in-taiwan-under-a-changing-environment\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The geological properties of bedrock and superficial deposits that make up riverbeds and banks are fundamental controls on the susceptibility of any given river reach to scouring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":89013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"6223,9089,10235,8160,34248,32954","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[1143,1064,1313,1261,1316],"purpose":[],"challenge":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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